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Book Title: Essay on the Principle of Population
Number of Pages: 126 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Topic: Demography, General
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.3 in
Genre: Social Science
Item Weight: 8.6 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Thomas Malthus
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
